SWANSEA CITY have been told losing at Tranmere on Saturday could spell the end of their Championship dream.

Rovers boss Ronnie Moore turned up the heat ahead of the weekend's Prenton Park blockbuster by suggesting it is a game Swansea cannot afford to lose.

The Swans are currently four points adrift of Tranmere - and Moore knows that victory would almost remove Roberto Martinez' side from the League One play-off equation.

"It is a big game and if we can win it we put a seven-point gap between ourselves and Swansea," said the former Cardiff City striker.

"Then they'd have to go and win three games to overtake us. It's a big turning point coming up. But we've put ourselves back in a good position and if we can beat Swansea I can see us climbing the table.

"At the moment it is a bit like a game of Pac-man. Everyone is chasing us in sixth spot and we are looking over our shoulder.

"But it is down to what we do. We don't have to worry about anyone else, because if we keep winning our games someone else is going to pack in."

Blackpool - level on points with Swansea before last night's game against Bournemouth and with a game in hand - Carlisle and Doncaster are also in pursuit of Tranmere for what looks like the last play-off spot on offer.

Barring a collapse above them with 10 games of the league programme remaining, Scunthorpe, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City, Yeovil and Oldham look like filling the top five places.

Moore reckons Tranmere are coming into form at the right time to take a play-off place - and he is hoping one of Merseyside's football oddities will help Rovers' cause on Saturday.

With both Everton and Liverpool out of the FA Cup, Swansea's visit to Tranmere is the biggest game on Merseyside this weekend.

"It would be nice if we could get the gate up from six and a bit to nine or 10,000," said Moore. "I hope we can pull in the Everton and Liverpool support. The more vocal support we get the better. We've had some decent form at home so it would be nice to see a bumper gate here.

"There will be a bit of tension as no one wants to lose it. But if we can get the crowd going it would be a great help. We have to light the blue touchpaper, and when we do that there is a tremendous atmosphere at Prenton Park."

Swans defender Kevin Austin expects to get the all-clear after a heart scare.

Austin, 34, an asthma sufferer, came off just 20 minutes into the 1-0 defeat at Yeovil on February 24, after complaining of breathing difficulties and tests showed heart irregularities.

But initial fears that Austin had suffered a minor heart attack were dispelled and the former Bristol Rovers centre-back should return to training today.

Fellow central defender Garry Monk should also hand Swansea a fitness fillip today when he ends seven months of injury despair by playing in a reserve-team fixture against Cardiff at Port Talbot (2pm).

The Swansea club captain has not played since snapping cruciate ligaments in the 2-2 draw at Scunthorpe United back on August 8.

Meanwhile, Huddersfield have parted company with manager Peter Jackson, who was in his second spell with the club.

Huddersfield slipped to 15th position in the League One table following last weekend's 5-1 thrashing at Forest.